IELTS Listening: different accents

You'll hear a variety of accents in the IELTS listening test. Here's a quick task using a recording of a library worker from New Zealand.

Task: Can you transcribe (write what you hear) the full recording below? It lasts around 30 seconds.

Click here to listen

Tip: If you struggle to understand a particular accent, just search for it on Youtube. Practise listening to examples of that accent until it becomes more familiar.

Comments

[hanna]

Hi Simon

For the "discuss both sides and give your opinion" question, if I agree with the second point, can I write one paragraph only about the DISADVANTAGES of the first point and one paragraph only about the ADVANTAGES of the second point?

Regards

[Jessica Zhang]

The libraries of the future are still about equitable access to information for our communities and our customers. However, what we do know is that we now have a 10% shift in demand from traditional print material into the electronic world. So we’ve got them more digital faster. But there requires a balance. We are not throwing out the approach, but we need to adapt our skills to work within this digital world. It’s a really exciting time to be a librarian. It’s we adapt to the changing way our customers are using information.

[Luu]

The libraries at the future are still about equitable access to information for our communities and our customers. However, what we do know is that we now have 10% certain demand from traditional print material into the electronic world. So we've got a move to more digital faster but there requires a balance. We're not showing out the print but we need to adapt our skills to work in the digital world. It's really an exciting time to be a librarian as we adapt to the changing way that our customers are using information.

[Tari]

The libraries of the future are still about equitable access to information for our communities and our customers. However , what we do know is that now we have a 10% shift in demand from traditional print material into the electronic world , so we have got to move to more digital faster but there requires a balance, we are not throwing out the prints but we need to adapt our skills to work within this digital world.It is a really exciting time to be a librarian as we adapt to this changing way that our customers are using information.

ps: i really couldn't recognize two words, access and skill after 15 times of hearing and i just got them after seeing comments of above :(

[gk]

The libraries of the future are still about equitable access to information for our communities and our customers. However, what we do know is that we now have a 10% shift in demand from traditional print material into the electronic world, so we have got a move to more digital? faster but that requires a balance. we are not throwing out the print but we need to adapt our skills to work within this digital world. it is a really exciting time to be a librarian as we adapt to this changing way that our customers using this information.

[Dung]

The libraries of the future are still about equitable access to information for our communities and customers. However, what we do know is that we now have a 10% shift in demand from traditional print material into the electronic world. So, we've got a move to more digital faster, but there requires a balance. We're not showing out the print, but we need to adapt to our skills to work within the digital world. It's a really exciting time to be a librarian as we adapt to the changing way that our customers are using the information

[Syd]

access (eeeexisss)
print (that glottal T !!! Very different from British)
10% (ten pircen)
the approach (the approath!)
digital (sounds like gigital)

[sherry]

The libraries of the future are still about equitable access to information for our communities and our customers.However, what we do now is that we now have a ten percent shift on demand from traditional print material into the electronic world. So we've got to move to a more digital faster but that requires a balance, we are not throwing out the print but we need to adapt our skills to work within this digital world. It's a really exciting time to be a librarian as we adapt to this changing way that our customer are using information.

[Vishwaraj]

The libraries of the future are still about equitable access to information for our communities and customers. However, what we do know is that we now have a 10% shift in demand from traditional print material into the electronic world. So, we've got a move to more digital faster, but there requires a balance. We're not showing out the print, but we need to adapt to our skills to work within the digital world. It's a really exciting time to be a librarian as we adapt to the changing way that our customers are using the information